Arouse excitation? (10)

I believe the answer is:

intoxicate

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'arouse excitation?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'arouse excitation?' is the wordplay.
'arouse' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'arousing' mean this).
'excitation' anagrammed gives 'INTOXICATE'.

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(Another definition for intoxicate that I've seen is " Make (someone) drunk".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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